Episcomitra cornicula

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Episcomitra cornicula
Episcomitra cornicula (MNHN-IM-2000-30245).jpeg
Shell of Episcomitra cornicula (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Mitrinae
Genus: Episcomitra
Species:
E. cornicula
Binomial name
Episcomitra cornicula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Mitra) cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra buccinoidea Risso, 1826
  • Mitra cornea var. minor Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitra cornicula var. glandina Pallary, 1903
  • Mitra cornicularis Lamarck, 1822
  • Mitra corniculum [sic]
  • Mitra corniculum var. brusinae Kobelt, 1901
  • Mitra corniculum var. contraria Brusina, 1866
  • Mitra corniculum var. nigra Pallary, 1920
  • Mitra glabra Risso, 1826
  • Mitra graja Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra inflata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra insolata Sowerby G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra lactea Philippi, 1836
  • Mitra laevigata Bosc, 1801
  • Mitra lutescens Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra media Risso, 1826
  • Mitra nitens Risso, 1826
  • Mitra nitida A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra obtusa Locard, 1886
  • Mitra philippiana Forbes, 1844
  • Mitra simplex Sowerby G.B. II, 1874
  • Mitra spongiarum Menke, 1829
  • Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758
  • Voluta laevigata Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta schroeteri Link, 1807

Episcomitra cornicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1][2]

Description[]

THe length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and in tropical seas.

References[]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Episcomitra cornicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060398 on 2019-01-04
  2. ^ Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337.
  • Menke, C.T. (1829) Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg. Heinrich Gelpte, Pyrmont, vi + 123 pp

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